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Old 09-08-2021, 05:52 PM   #1
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I am ordering a helmsman 43 and looking to put a grill on the fly bridge. Any suggestions? I’m looking to have a cabinet made behind the settee with a grill and refrigerator. My other choice is in the cockpit.
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Old 09-08-2021, 07:30 PM   #2
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Gunwale space in the cockpit of our Mariner 37 / Helmsman 38 is limited. Seems too tight to put it on either side, the transom door to starboard takes up a good bit of space, and that leaves the center to port area. Seems to me that if there is space on the bridge deck, that's the place for a grill.
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Old 09-08-2021, 07:58 PM   #3
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Same concept, but on a different boat, I have a FireMagic, Classic, I believe. Two burners. Works well. It is propane, but with a proper propane locker and plumbing, I think it is safe. (For that matter, we have a Viking gas range in the galley.)
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Crusty Chief turned me on this Weber gas grill. I left my Magma grill on the fish cleaning table!!


Love this grill. We just ended our our 4th trip with it and strongly recommend it.Click image for larger version

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GRIDDLE. That is the way to go. For me at least. Far too many flareups with a gas grill.
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Crusty Chief turned me on this Weber gas grill. I left my Magma grill on the fish cleaning table!!


Love this grill. We just ended our our 4th trip with it and strongly recommend it.Attachment 120919
I've got one of those. The Weber Q1200. I love it.

(The Q1000 is very similar, with slightly fewer features and a slightly different profile).

It is 2-3 years old now, works like new, and looks almost new. It stays on my flybridge rail 24x7x365. When not in use, I keep it under the nylon cover they sell for it.

It is much more reliable, requires less minor figiting and maintenance, and generally makes me much happier than the more expensice Magma marine grill I had bought for my last boat, which seemed to start getting minor corrosion right away.
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If you would rather avoid gas, and also would like to have a BBQ appliance that is so well insulated you can just sit it on a cockpit table, and save all the hassle of a rail-mounted system, especially if rail space is tight, you could do worse than consider a Cob. We had one and used it for nearly 16 years, and it coped well with everything we asked of it - and it's kinda fun to use. Stainless gas-fired BBQs are so passé...
They are available on Amazon all over the world now.
https://www.cobbaustralia.com.au/pro...of-bbq-grills/

To fire it up, all you need is 3 fire-starters and about 6 carbonettes...when finished cooking it is quite good to warm the cockpit when it gets a bit chilly, (don't take it into an enclosed space, just in case of CO), and the ashes can just be dumped overboard next morning. All ready to cook again then...
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I've got one of those. The Weber Q1200. I love it.

(The Q1000 is very similar, with slightly fewer features and a slightly different profile).

It is 2-3 years old now, works like new, and looks almost new. It stays on my flybridge rail 24x7x365. When not in use, I keep it under the nylon cover they sell for it.

It is much more reliable, requires less minor figiting and maintenance, and generally makes me much happier than the more expensice Magma marine grill I had bought for my last boat, which seemed to start getting minor corrosion right away.
How many “meals” do you get out of a gas bottle? Ballpark?
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I still like my Magma grill. This newer one has never blown out like the old ones did. It's perfect for 2 people.
I get from 4 to 6 meals depending on what's cooking.
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Our next grill will be a small land based portable so it has two burners. That allows for indirect cooking like we do at home. Need to figure out how to adapt one to a pedestal on the swim platform.
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Another vote for the Weber Q! Great quality--cast iron cooking surface is awesome!
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Another vote for Weber Q grills for bbq, though I recently purchased a Nexgrill from Costco that is similar but has dual controls instead of a single burner on Weber.

https://www.costco.com/nexgrill-cast...100519906.html

That said, 95% of my outdoor cooking is now on a Blackstone flat-top griddle. Much more versatile and while there are no grill marks on the steak, they do get a nice even sear.

https://www.wayfair.com/appliances/p...-bstn1039.html
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I still like my Magma grill. This newer one has never blown out like the old ones did. It's perfect for 2 people.
I get from 4 to 6 meals depending on what's cooking.
Same here - I tossed my old Magma that came with the boat, and purchased new Magma, with the hinged lid. Never blows out, and cooks well.
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I am ordering a helmsman 43 and looking to put a grill on the fly bridge. Any suggestions? I’m looking to have a cabinet made behind the settee with a grill and refrigerator. My other choice is in the cockpit.
Wifey B: Well, I'd go electric and two main choices there are Kenyon and Gaggenau. Go to top of either line and you'll have an excellent, trouble free grill.
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Another Weber Q fan here.
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Have three different webers at home but that nexgrill looks perfect for the boat.
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I do like the Webers if you have the room & storage. I have one at home and it works great.
For boat & motorhome I was looking for something a little more compact. Settled on the female Kuma
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/kuum...B&gclsrc=aw.ds
On the boat I made a rod holder mount fillet table that works for cocktails, grill and fileting fish but they do have rail mounts if desired. The grill base has 2 threaded inserts for securing it to most anything.
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I have a Weber q2000 and it is better than any of the Stainless Marine grills I have ever owned
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How many “meals” do you get out of a gas bottle? Ballpark?
That totally depends. I'll get 2+ weeks of nightly burgers or chicken breasts with a cooking time.of ~4-5 minutes, 10 minutes gas on to gas off.

Or I'll get a few meals if I am slow cooking things or putting things on and off to make sides, etc.

I'd guesstimate the medium flame gas bottle life is less than 2 hrs and likely more than 1.5hrs. And if I close the top and cool at a lower flame for longer I get 2+ hrs.
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